Pierre Menahem
A Paris-based film executive with more than 20-years experience in the industry, Pierre Menahem worked at Celluloid Dreams as director of sales and acquisitions, supervising a catalogue of more than 200 titles and attending all principal festivals and markets (Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, Tokyo, Filmart HK, Locarno, Venice, Toronto, AFM).
After a position as a programmer at the Belfort Film Festival, he founded Still Moving with Juliette Lepoutre in 2015, a company dedicated to international co-productions. They recently produced Mediterranean Fever by Maha Haj (Palestine) Best Screenplay Cannes Un Certain Regard 2022, Rule 34 by Julia Murat (Brazil) Golden Leopard Locarno 2022, Feathers by Omar El Zohairy (Egypt) Grand Prize Cannes Critics Week 2021, The Fever by Maya Da Rin (Brazil) Best Actor Locarno 2019, Tlamess by Ala Eddine Slim (Tunisia) Directors Fortnight 2019, Pendular by Julia Murat (Brazil) Fipresci Award Berlin 2016. Upcoming in their production slate are Tiger Stripes by Amanda Nell Eu (Malaysia), Amanha by Pedro Pinho (Portugal), Baby by Marcelo Caetano (Brazil), Zafari by Mariana Rondon (Venezuela), Nightsong by Maya Da Rin (Brazil).
Expertise
International sales, development, co-production, marketing, distribution, film festivals
Territories
World
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